墨西哥失踪学生家长抗议当局

The parents of 43 Mexican students missing since 2014 said the government lied to them.

43名墨西哥学生于2014年集体失踪，他们的家长表示政府对他们说谎。

The parents made their claim a day after a group of international experts issued a report criticizing the way the Mexican government handled the case.

国际专家团队发表报告谴责墨西哥政府对此失踪案件的处理方式，一天之后，学生家长发表了其声明。

One parent said “the government started lying to us from the start.”

一名家长表示政府从一开始就在撒谎。

The Mexican government said the students were training to be teachers at a small college when they were kidnapped. They said corrupt local police officers turned the students over to a drug gang.

墨西哥政府表示失踪学生来自一所师范大学。他们说当地腐败的警方将学生交给了一个贩毒团伙。

The government said the students were killed and their bodies were burned in a mass grave in the southern part of Mexico.

政府表示学生都已被杀，尸体被埋在墨西哥南部的乱葬岗。

Experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights studied the case and said there are problems with the way the Mexican government presented the case’s timeline. There are also problems with the way they studied the bones left at the mass grave.

美洲人权委员会的专家在研究此案后表示，墨西哥政府在讲述案发经过方面，以及确认乱葬岗的尸骨方面存在问题。

Experts also said the government provided information from suspects who were tortured by police and military personnel. The torture led to confessions that will not be allowed in court by Mexican judges.

专家说，政府通过警方和军方人员对嫌犯施以酷刑获得情报。墨西哥法官不允许法庭接受靠酷刑得来的情报。

The report also said any information that did not support the government’s original description of the case was not taken seriously.

该报告还显示，任何与政府最初的描述不符的情报都没有得到应有的重视。

The Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, wrote a message on Twitter saying the government “will analyze the whole report.”

墨西哥总统恩里克·培尼亚·涅托(Enrique Pena Nieto)在社交平台Twitter上发布一条言论，表示政府“将会分析整篇报告”。

In spite of the new report, there is no new information about the students, who have been missing since September 2014.

除了这份最新报告，目前没有任何关于2014年失踪学生的新消息。

When the report was presented at a news conference on Sunday, parents chanted: “They took them away alive, we want them back alive!”

这份报告于周日一个新闻发布会上发表，家长们表示：“我们希望他们走时候什么样，回来的时候还是什么样!”

Parents of Missing Mexican Students Criticize Government

The parents of 43 Mexican students missing since 2014 said the government lied to them.

The parents made their claim a day after a group of international experts issued a report criticizing the way the Mexican government handled the case.

One parent said “the government started lying to us from the start.”

The Mexican government said the students were training to be teachers at a small college when they were kidnapped. They said corrupt local police officers turned the students over to a drug gang.

The government said the students were killed and their bodies were burned in a mass grave in the southern part of Mexico.

Experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights studied the case and said there are problems with the way the Mexican government presented the case’s timeline. There are also problems with the way they studied the bones left at the mass grave.

Experts also said the government provided information from suspects who were tortured by police and military personnel. The torture led toconfessions that will not be allowed in court by Mexican judges.

The report also said any information that did not support the government’s original description of the case was not taken seriously.

The Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, wrote a message on Twitter saying the government “will analyze the whole report.”

In spite of the new report, there is no new information about the students, who have been missing since September 2014.

When the report was presented at a news conference on Sunday, parents chanted: “They took them away alive, we want them back alive!”

I’m Mario Ritter.

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confession – n. a written or spoken statement in which you say that you have done something wrong or committed a crime